Fanny Kaplan & Violet Gibson

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This entry recognizes two would-be female assassins in Fanny Kaplan, who fired three bullets at Vladimir Lenin, hitting him twice but not killing him, and Violet Gibson, who fired three shots at Benito Mussolini, also hitting him twice but falling short of killing him. While Il Duce went easy on Gibson because he assumed she was psycho, no such mercy was shown to Kaplan, who was executed just days after her attempt on Lenin.